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Scott Dell'Orfano is one of a long line of Fidelity executives internally drafted into new positions.
October 19, 2011 at 3:10 PM

Felipe Luna: While the wirehouse model certainly has its detractors the one thing it does really well is it support the advisor on client-based activities and that's why they're so much more productive. That's the crux of our model.

CONCERT Wealth Management nabbed 12 wirehouse teams in the last 12 months and this wirehouse-lite is just getting started

The San Jose-based firm targets advisors with as little as $100 million and it doubled in size in the last year

September 27, 2011 at 4:32 AM

Jeff Leventhal: One lawsuit in a lifetime is enough. I followed the protocol to the T.

HighTower extends its winning streak of luring breakaways near the nation's capital

The Chicago aggregator has already tied last year's annual recruiting with more than three months to pad the mark

September 21, 2011 at 4:21 AM

David Darnell spent time today letting Merrill Lynch brokers know that he's a banker sympathetic to generous brokerage compensation.

David Darnell tells Merrill Lynch advisors he won't mess with their pay

But recruiters say all comp factors don't necessarily show up on the official payout grid

September 8, 2011 at 3:07 PM

Margaret Towle: I'm really excited about the partnership structure.

Former Northern Trust CIO brings a cool billion and lofty credentials to HighTower

The RIA-to-RIA spin-away advisor will hold down offices in Seattle and Minneapolis and build support teams from scratch

August 22, 2011 at 2:57 PM

Many of Paul Pagnato and David Karp's clientele have security concerns so they keep a low profile - including no photos.

Fearless Merrill Lynch team breaks away with $1 billion in broad daylight

Paul Pagnato and David Karp started their day in Washington DC and ended up in Reston, Va.

August 2, 2011 at 5:58 AM

Pat Allen: You have to be able to improv with RIAs. They have their own agenda. The whole idea of the ad campaign is passé.

Why RIAs would rather go to Twitter than talk to a wholesaler

Asset managers are cutting out the middle-man by going straight to the Web, study says

August 2, 2011 at 5:57 AM

Scott Collins: I felt there was a better way. I had one [platform] I could sell. It was like an advisor showing one mutual fund.

Two former LPL execs set up a breakaway boutique that works with Raymond James and Schwab, among others

Flush with IPO cash, Scott Collins and Scott Miller were determined to have open-recruiting architecture and more counseling

July 29, 2011 at 2:29 PM

Mike Papedis: HighTower has had five 'eighth-inning' conversation in the last two weeks with with wirehouse teams with a combined $9 billion of assets.

Three telling conversations about where the RIA business is headed

In which RIABiz editor Brooke Southall talks with a recent widow in search of an advisor, the recruiting director of HighTower and the CEO of Focus Financial and gains a snapshot of the RIA arena, circa summer 2011

July 14, 2011 at 2:22 PM

Jeff Grinspoon faced one interesting breakaway challenge relating to his 100 year-old grandmother.

Big Morgan Stanley team on the Beltway hightails it to HighTower on second thought

The learning curve required for complete independence looked unpalatable when it came to decision time

July 13, 2011 at 2:12 PM

Elliot Weissbluth: I can tell [advisors] life is better for you outside of the wirehouse and I didn’t know this fact three years ago.

HighTower dangles array of hedge funds to lure breakaways

Wirehouses have nothing on independents when it comes to access to hedge funds, firm says citing three-year study

June 23, 2011 at 2:39 PM

Robert Schein: Ten advisors called me. They said: 'You guys moved.' What more is there to the story?

HighTower is starting to run the poaching table in Palm Desert

The Chicago firm's phone is ringing after it wins a top Morgan Stanley team on the heels of nabbing Merrill breakaways

June 2, 2011 at 1:54 PM

Brian Amidei: We’ve gotten flowers and chocolate-covered strawberries.

HighTower wins a Palm Desert Merrill Lynch team in lightning fashion

Amidei, a former gas station owner and bond trader, knew what he wanted and acted fast

May 9, 2011 at 2:41 PM

Rudy Adolf: “This is an area we wanted to invest in and we wanted to add additional resources. The thing we’ve figured out better than anyone else is how to invest in entrepreneurs.”

Focus Financial pivots to breakaway strategy with Fidelity recruit

Mark Dupont will put a new spin on the big aggregator but entrepreneurial bent remains

May 9, 2011 at 2:40 PM

Dave Emma: Athletes get taken advantage of and that happened to me.

A hockey star went from being a Merrill Lynch client to a Merrill Lynch advisor to the latest Merrill Lynch breakaway

Despite misgivings for 20 years, Dave Emma stayed largely for the culture and then Bank of America came along

March 25, 2011 at 1:11 PM

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